Flooding reported in Sedalia

A deluge of rain within a few moments caused some side road flooding in the city this afternoon.

Flooding was reported at West Fifth Street and South Moniteau and Ninth Street and Stewart Avenue. The water was subsiding quickly, but at least three cars were waterlogged on Moniteau at about 1:15 p.m.

Flooding at West Fifth Street and South Moniteau Avenue stopped a Sedalia man’s vehicle right in its tracks.

Justin Woolery, 22, of Sedalia, was driving to the gas station when his car quit in the road after high water entered his exhaust. Woolery said he saw others drive through the flooded street and decided to continue when his vehicle stalled.
His vehicle was stopped on Moniteau for about 10 minutes before he was able to get back into and try to start it.

Also, sporadic power outages were reported.

Katie McDonald, a spokeswoman for KCP&L, said about 25 customers in the area of 20th Street and Ohio Avenue were out of power for a while when a transformer failed in the storm. All power was restored by 1:30, she said.

The National Weather Service reported a thunderstorm with heavy rain and fog at the Sedalia Memorial Airport about 1 p.m. There were northwest winds of 9 mph wiht gusts of 26 mph. About one-quarter inch of rain fell in about an hour's time.